Cuisines should be used as a technique, not as the singular approach. We should pay an ode to the culture and history and respect the traditions of where the meal came from. However, it is not wrong to change it. You can adjust everything to be made with locally available produce- that is the immigrant way. 

Additionally, to be clear, nowhere in any teachings of Sanātana Dharma does it regulate the type of food you eat. But it does divide food into three parts- sāttvic, rājasic, and tāmasic, and asks that we attempt to balance sāttvic and rājasic and avoid tāmasic. 

Sāttvic refers to whole and natural foods, Rājasic refers to foods of passion and indulgence, and Tāmasic refers to stale, dead, or spoiled food.

Our family, by no means, eats food that is conventionally Sāttvic in nature. However, we try to abide by the principle of doing the least amount of harm to the environment around us. Therefore, the recipes on this website are vegetarian, and many offer NONG [No Onion, No Garlic] versions. Additionally, we try to keep it as natural and homemade as possible.